A Japanese bus driver with 29 years of service lost his retirement package worth $84,000 after being fired for stealing $7 from passengers' fares. Kyoto City sacked the man, who was not named, after ...

I'd never defend stealing on the job, but losing your retirement over the monetary equivalent of a stapler is a ridiculously disproportionate response from any employer. The Supreme Court of Japan ...

The imagination of the Japanese knows no bounds. They've dreamt up a toilet that looks like a spaceship, they have gardens on the backs of trucks, a fairytale village modelled on Peter Rabbit – and ...